The 13-year-old Chinese swimmer Yu Zidi said "I'm no prodigy" after she was named Asian Games MVP on Sunday following three record-breaking displays in Japan. The schoolgirl, who looks poised to take ...

A Santa Fe man faces a felony rape charge after police allege he impregnated a 12-year-old girl earlier this year. Kevin Fonseca Rivera, 20, faces a count of criminal sexual penetration of a child ...

At six, Zhang Zhanshuo was the youngest swimmer in a local competition and had barely begun learning the sport. At 19, he left the Asian Games 2026 with seven gold medals and a place in the record ...

I remember stepping into the mall as an 11-year-old with a sequined purse stuffed with pocket money. I’d pop into Claire’s to buy some watermelon Lip Smackers, then hit up Limited Too for baby Ts.

The transition from childhood to adolescence has become increasingly abrupt. The disappearance of tween culture, a space created for those between childhood and adolescence, typically ages nine to 12, ...